Reinventing Liberalism: The Politics, Philosophy and Economics of Early Neoliberalism (1920-1947)

In April 1947, a group of right—leaning intellectuals met in the Swiss Alps for a ten—day conference with the aim of establishing a permanent organization. Named “an army of fighters for freedom” by Friedrich Hayek, they would at times use “neoliberalism” as a description of the philosophy they were developing. Later, many of them would opt for "classical liberalism” or other monikers. Was their liberalism classical or was it new? All new creeds build on previous ones, but the intellectuals...